Miriam Makeba: 10 Important Achievements
Miriam Makeba (1932-2008) was a renowned South African musician and civil rights activist. Due to her criticism of the apartheid regime, Makeba was banned from South Africa from 1960 to...
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Nnamdi Azikiwe – the First President of Nigeria
Nnamdi Azikiwe was a Nigerian nationalist, journalist, and politician who fought bravely for Nigeria’s independence. After Nigeria became a federal republic in 1963, Azikiwe wrote his name in the history...
Patrice Lumumba: Who was he, and what were some of his accomplishments?
Patrice Lumumba was a Congolese politician, pan-Africanist, social activist and independence fighter who devoted his entire life to gain Congolese independence from Belgium. Lumumba went on to become the first...
10 Achievements of Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta was the first president of the Republic of Kenya. Largely considered as the Father of Modern Kenya, Kenyatta was instrumental in securing independence for Kenya (formerly British East...
Kwame Nkrumah: History, Major Facts & 10 Memorable Achievements
Just how instrumental was Ghana’s first president Kwame Nkrumah in the decolonization of Africa? To fully understand the contributions he made to Ghana and the African continent at large, here...
